Soudal Quick-Step’s 24-year-old and his teammates came home with the bunch on stage one.

Remco Evenepoel enjoyed a quiet day in the saddle as he returned to competition for the first time since the Itzulia Basque Country crash which forced him to miss the Ardennes Classics. The Belgian Champion, who sits on four victories since the start of the season, pinned on a number for the 76th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné, which got underway Sunday.

Starting and finishing in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, the opening stage welcomed the riders with a weather more typical for Paris-Nice than for the month of June – fog, wind and low temperatures all contributing to a rather bleak day in the saddle. Two men went in an early move, which remained at the front until the last 20 kilometers, when the peloton brought it back. In the end, a bunch sprint determined the day’s winner, who was Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), on a slightly uphill drag to the line.

Evenepoel concluded with the peloton and will now set his sights on the first test of the French race, Monday’s summit finish on Col de la Loge, where the first gaps between the general classification contenders should appear.

 

Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images

Race details

1 Mads Pedersen
Lidl - Trek
4:01:30
2 Sam Bennett
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:00
3 Hugo Page
Intermarché - Wanty
0:00
4 Clément Venturini
0:00
5 Owain Doull
EF Education - EasyPost
0:00
6 Michele Gazzoli
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:00
7 Iván García Cortina
Movistar Team
0:00
8 Fred Wright
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
9 Clément Russo
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
10 Magnus Cort Nielsen
Uno-X Mobility
0:00
71 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
74 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
93 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
98 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
101 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
135 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
137 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
1 Mads Pedersen
Lidl - Trek
4:01:20
2 Sam Bennett
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:04
3 Hugo Page
Intermarché - Wanty
0:06
4 Mathis Le Berre
0:07
5 Mark Donovan
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
0:08
6 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
0:09
7 Clément Venturini
0:10
8 Owain Doull
EF Education - EasyPost
0:10
9 Michele Gazzoli
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:10
10 Iván García Cortina
Movistar Team
0:10
73 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
94 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
99 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
102 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
135 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
137 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
1 Mads Pedersen
Lidl - Trek
25 pt
2 Sam Bennett
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
22 pt
3 Hugo Page
Intermarché - Wanty
20 pt
4 Clément Venturini
18 pt
5 Owain Doull
EF Education - EasyPost
16 pt
6 Michele Gazzoli
Astana Qazaqstan Team
14 pt
7 Iván García Cortina
Movistar Team
12 pt
8 Mathis Le Berre
10 pt
9 Fred Wright
Bahrain - Victorious
10 pt
10 Clément Russo
Groupama - FDJ
8 pt
13 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
1 Mark Donovan
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
5 pt
2 Mathis Le Berre
2 pt
1 Hugo Page
Intermarché - Wanty
4:01:26
2 Mathis Le Berre
0:01
3 Mark Donovan
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
0:02
4 Michele Gazzoli
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:04
5 Fred Wright
Bahrain - Victorious
0:04
6 Blake Quick
Team Jayco AlUla
0:04
7 Jensen Plowright
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:04
8 Nicolò Parisini
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
0:04
9 Tobias Bayer
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:04
10 Sean Quinn
EF Education - EasyPost
0:04
27 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:04
28 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
0:04
38 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
0:04
1 Array 12:04:30
2 Israel - Premier Tech 0:00
3 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 0:00
4 EF Education - EasyPost 0:00
5 BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
6 Cofidis 0:00
7 Lotto Dstny 0:00
8 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 0:00
9 Lidl - Trek 0:00
10 Alpecin - Deceuninck 0:00

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